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pdawg

4:07pm

We don’t have that alpha dawg (Hall), no-fear shooter (Jax), or quiet leader

BYUHgrad

3:58pm

Agreed Hall and Denim are making each other worse. Denim more talented than

johnnybyu

4:05pm

I would like to see a starting 5 of

AF Cougar

4:07pm

Like this idea

johnnybyu

4:09pm

Any extra single ticket that will go unused?

Cougs4Lfe

3:53pm

Have any of you done a Self Directed IRA? I'm pondering the idea

Mister P

3:52pm

I work in this industry with clients every day

eoscougar

3:59pm

One of my favorite things to do is to take an underground band I was a fan of 20 years ago and look up all the dudes on

scootsy Truly Addicted User

3:52pm

If you have the right personality and work ethic, you can make a killing

Hypnotoad

3:58pm

UHC been dealing with a patchwork on the blueline, but they may be getting back

CougarCanuck76

3:51pm

RE: UHC been dealing with a patchwork on the blueline, but they may be getting

CougarCanuck76

4:04pm

So will BYU steal Utah's pac12 rivalry with Colorado as well?

BYUBandfan

3:50pm

Colorado will have to become competitive first.

2FarGone

3:53pm

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3:49pm

Know we're all shocked but Jeanty is declaring for the draft.

Soupie Grandma Sycamore

3:46pm

Went an opportunity to leave Idaho presents itself, you sprint.

shimmy

3:49pm

He could’ve gone anywhere in the country last year. Should have done it then

BYU '80

3:57pm

Anyone familiar with Corpus Christi, and the university there?

Scooter

3:43pm

It's the home of whataburger

novacoug1

3:47pm

The university is tiny, there are some okay parts of town, but there are also some very

Skeptical Optimist

3:48pm

<< Deleted >>

BigEasyCougar

3:51pm

Live in Houston and go to Corpus occasionally.

BigEasyCougar

3:52pm

I lived there for a few years.

JuicyJam

4:11pm

I hate to be THAT guy with the Silo series

RSL This is my dupe account

3:42pm

Spoiler from the books, but no major plot reveal:

RSL

3:45pm

How is Texas Tech crushing it so hard in the portal?

Burton162

3:42pm

I am almost more shocked that Houston is at #15.. they sucked

Cougar TD

3:43pm

They all heard they can get a turn at being the bell ringing guy.

UNLVcougar

3:44pm

Dont sleep on Utah raiding the MWC.

Longseason

3:44pm

Two former players that are now oil-lease billionaires

Moab Rising

3:45pm

Oil money is real.

2FarGone

3:47pm

Money is the great equalizer. People outside the SEC have a shot now. Just need good donors

RSL

3:47pm

Beautiful scenery

libertycoug

3:49pm

Tech is surprisingly popular in Texas

reddead

3:49pm

They minted Pat Green, and have a huge student body/alumni base for NIL

COUGND

3:53pm

Lubbock mostly sucks. But it is one of the easiest driving cities. Almost no traffic.

txblue

4:05pm

tons of money, they went out and recruited a bunch of the top FCS players

JOPE

3:57pm

Oil money.

LifeLongLakerFan

4:04pm

POLL: In this scenario, what would you want BYU to do?

rainorsnow

3:38pm

Most annoying voice mail recording?

Hobo

3:34pm

"Welcome to the Dr. Pepper Customer Service. If you have a life threatening..."

reagan21

3:36pm

Sadly, this is needed quite a bit. My wife works in a non-urgent care facility

mudpupper

3:37pm

Has to be the ones where the person says

TLCougar

3:40pm

Every time I call a doctor the service tells me that: call volume is higher than

Shihan

3:47pm

Also, if call volume is always "higher than normal", then they need to change

TheNerd

3:51pm

Also, if the call volume is higher than normal, they should just turn it down a little.

IdahoCoug

3:53pm

"please listen carefully, as our menu options have changed" Ummm, I've been

reagan21

3:53pm

A classic from the Doman and Staley era

OutsideObserver

3:27pm

Doman a QB that knew how to throw on the run.

Blue for Life

3:35pm

He and Max Hall were both good at throwing on the run

It's A Bowling Ball

3:42pm

The crowd noise while on offense in that era was insane

cougarstrong

3:44pm

Hopefully the team shows up tonight.

CougarGuy84

3:27pm

Cougs by 10+

dahurt45

3:30pm

They should. It's in Provo.

Blueto

3:31pm

They beat us last year in Provo.

maweien

3:44pm

They didn't play in Provo - they beat us @texastech and in the B12 tourney

Mr. Scoobs

3:48pm

The only two teams to beat us in Provo last year were Cincinnati and Houston

SportsLover

3:57pm

It will never happen, but we need Thanos to snap his fingers and reset all of

mudpupper

3:24pm

Hmmm, I am not sure I have ever liked college football as much as I do right now.

kimdaddy35

3:28pm

Only if he can blow away the yewts as well, or at least put them in the FCS.

XORCoug

3:33pm

Four super conferences.

Jeremy

3:33pm

On the other hand, BYU is in a better position than ever, so let it ride ...

Still Blue

3:36pm

Where would you go for the best education in coding and software engineering?

DC15

3:06pm

Maybe WGU?

Bob Vance

3:07pm

Probably CGNU

darkcoug

3:11pm

YouTube

BW84

3:14pm

Udemy isn't bad.

letthewookieewin

3:16pm

RE: 2 Lower Tickets vs Texas Tech - $40/ticket, also includes parking pass

cougiewoogie

3:01pm

Tonight. Not tomorrow.

BostonCougar

3:12pm

That's a really good deal for those.

byubyu

3:12pm

SOLD

cougiewoogie

3:51pm

Any recs for over-ear bluetooth earphones?

Ham

2:57pm

I'm still using my Bose QC2 from like 5 years ago

cougarstrong

3:01pm

I started with a used pair of Bose QC15s years ago. I upgraded once or twice. I don't think there is a big difference

Cougar-Duck

3:04pm

I love my Bose headphones.

Cougar-Duck

3:01pm

Just open the pocket book and buy these ones.

cougarfan84

3:03pm

Sony XM series.

letthewookieewin

3:04pm

My wife and I really like the Sony XMs.

ShinobiCoug

3:05pm

sennheiser momentum. I have loved mine and they give great sound.

libertycoug

3:13pm

If you're totally into the Apple ecosystem, then the Maxes are good. It's nice to seamlessly switch between devices if

Pete

3:18pm

Call me crazy but I actually think my Bose QCs do a better job at multi-apple device switching

TCuz

3:21pm

If they can connect to 2 or 3 devices simultaneously, that's fine too. I've had some Jabras for work that could do that.

Pete

3:40pm

Bowers and Wilkins Px7 S2e

Timeout Husbander

3:27pm

I'm still using my Sony XM3s on a daily basis. Just bought new ear pads for them

cruoti

3:31pm

I recently also was looking for a pair and did a bunch of research

MwangoleCoug9

3:41pm

I always loved the beautiful mountains of northern Illinois

CougarCanuck76

2:52pm

weird conference

Beggar

2:53pm

Grand Canyon University is in the MWC?

2FarGone

2:54pm

UC Davis

CommodoreCoug

2:56pm

Wow. The MWC is barely recognizable.

BlueFever

2:54pm

LOL moment with neighbors at a holiday party. She is from IL, found out my wife

COUGND

2:56pm

As an Idahoan living in the south, it amazes me how many times people react to

BigEasyCougar

3:18pm

The food in N.O. is too good to be troubled with such trifles as geography

COUGND

3:24pm

They should just make each conference District X with X being the prestige order. So SEC is District 1, etc

CSoul

2:57pm

UNLV v. NIU on CBSSN is going to compete with FOX's Big Noon Kickoff!

Doogal McCougar

2:57pm

They are NIU. UNI is Northern Iowa. And the MW is lucky to have 9 fb schools.

Art Director

3:00pm

Still don't understand how UNLV didn't go to new PAC

Still Blue

3:07pm

So stupid of them to stay, just as their football program was seeing some life.

RC Vikings

3:09pm

Dumb decision.

idcougarfan

3:10pm

They took the short term financial advantage. Fans end up getting screwed. Only

rainorsnow

3:21pm

Hard to imagine a program that under-performs its potential more than UNLV

Still Blue

3:30pm

They're so dumb. But they suck so it makes sense.

mulletino

3:50pm

Is one of those Cal Davis? Are they going to play football?

BYU '80

3:10pm

How is this better for them than the MAC unless they think it's an easier

Beggar

3:12pm

Likely a better payout.

kimdaddy35

3:20pm

Could say the same for TCU when they were in the MWC.

BYUHgrad

4:01pm

Can't wait to see who Tom picks as Raiders HC

COUGND

2:48pm

Tom:

Knee Brace

2:51pm

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lilpenny

3:16pm

I forgot to mention this when it happened, but I wanted to salute the CBer who before the Houston game took at least 3

CSoul Hardcore Democrat

2:48pm

describe painfully? you had to wait 10 extra seconds? 20? 30? maybe even if it were a Chinese woman, 1 minute?

ChinaFan

2:56pm

I'm all for backing in. That wasn't the issue. Did you read? I'm not exaggerating when I say 3 min.

CSoul

2:58pm

yeah, I feel for all of you, there were times while I lived in China where I literally would get out of my car, walk up

ChinaFan

3:12pm

If only TNT had a giant

TNT

2:46pm

It all makes sense now

COUGND

2:55pm

Since 2000, only 4 Super Bowls have been won by non-Hall of Famers. And only 6

macdizzle

2:44pm

Tonight's tickets gone, but I have others.

blueaussie

2:43pm

PRK/Monovision Questions

MrMiyagi

2:42pm

I did both eyes and I struggle for 5 days. Take the time.

BPintheCouv

2:45pm

BTW, totally worth the pain. I did it 12 years ago and have no regrets.

BPintheCouv

2:49pm

I did PRK and no way I could have worked two days after.

Junior Deputy

2:47pm

2 eye PRK, procedure on Friday and back working the next Wednesday but

NarfUte

2:49pm

My son did PRK on December 20th. He is 24 and in good health. He literally never

BYU-Ite

2:50pm

Incidentally, he was given an RX for Norco, but never used it and never even

BYU-Ite

2:51pm

Really should try out mono vision before making that change

WorfoSAUR

2:57pm

Do you think this would be enough time? Both of my parents are monovision and it

ATLCoug2088

3:08pm

One day without a contact is enough for me to never want it done to my eyes

WorfoSAUR

3:40pm

I couldn’t agree more. Make sure Monovision works in contacts 1st.

RJCOD

3:19pm

Look into ICL. I did PRK and it was rough at first but worth it in the end. ICL is a little more expensive but the

touchdownbyu

3:15pm

The EVO ICLs are amazing and have made ICLs a great option!

RJCOD

3:20pm

I did Mono vision. I reccomend it but test first with a contact.

A-A-Ron

3:31pm

I did mono vision and was great - 3 years later I wanted them the same and was

Chandler Cougar

4:01pm

POLL: Hypothetical Scenario

BYU Fan

2:41pm

Byu sportsnation

Bill

2:40pm

Same result for me. Maybe they're working on adding a weather feature

Noodles Romanov

2:43pm

Same for me.

BYUtka

2:48pm

it hasn't been on my apple podcasts for over a week

claw

2:49pm

Yesterday was the first new one of the year.

BYUtka

2:53pm

Anyone know who will be broadcasters for men’s volleyball matches this weekend

Iman23

2:37pm

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brj8

2:39pm

Steve, Jarom & Kenzie is what Jarom said in a tweet about the broadcast contract.

Soupie

2:43pm

Tough game tonight

mjmill All-American

2:32pm

it's a should win.

reagan21

2:33pm

Don’t hold your breath

Haysom Till

2:36pm

Isn't that dangerous?

TNT

2:39pm

RE: Isn't that dangerous?

claw

2:40pm

KenPom and BPI both have this game a toss-up

cougarfan84

2:51pm

Litmus Test to see if we should lose faith in our team or not

2FarGone

2:59pm

I expect a bounce back performance. I also expect to see Knell in the starting lineup for

kimdaddy35

3:10pm

It's a gut check game.

Archaea

3:27pm

Today’s game a sellout? I don’t see why it shouldn’t be, regardless of Saturday

babycarrot

2:31pm

As of this morning, there were 180 tickets left

BYUMizzou

2:34pm

Any recommendation on back supports shirts (posture), my back get sore sitting

germ1

2:28pm

I honestly don't care what the transfers are rated at, but 247 lost ALL credibility when they rated high 5 star recruits

kimdaddy35 Former Fly Half

2:19pm

Because they are downgrading all talent the transfers to the Big 12...they want

imdocrob

2:21pm

Gotta keep the FPI baseline rankings high for the Power 2 conferences.

dYrtbYkerYder

2:29pm

I wish he would sue. I'm sick of the SEC & Big Ten choking the life out of the

BlueFever

2:31pm

If they us all true, we’ll consistently compete and win… that’s all we need

Pretorian

2:32pm

It's how they juice the preseason rankings

Bob Vance

3:09pm

why do people care so much?

reagan21

2:21pm

Because it impacts recruiting ratings/rankings which affect pre-season rankings

Schultz is back

2:25pm

yeah, but according to 247’s rankings, to be 89 or above you need to be an NFL Prospect

JOPE

2:29pm

Then they need to re-rate every players on every team every year

Schultz is back

2:32pm

why should they have to do that? They are a recruiting service.

JOPE

2:33pm

Their work is being used to rank teams-- in preference to wins & losses at times

Socrates Johnson

2:38pm

I think it’s a much smaller metric then some people are letting on

JOPE

2:59pm

Partly because certain computer rankings take into account recruiting and the average rating for recruits

BYUMizzou

2:26pm

If I'm an athlete, it could downgrade my NIL potential. This could be attempting

Ghost of Peanut

2:27pm

Because recruiting rankings are in the FPI formula, and ESPN

Captain Stubing

2:27pm

There is probably an anti-trust suit in there since ESPN owns the CFP and wants

Socrates Johnson

2:40pm

Because it directly influences voter's perceptions and recruits

deliciousmocha

2:33pm

Akana has been at Texas for two years and hasn’t even really played at all

JOPE

2:24pm

Again, if it weren't for injury Arch Manning would be in the exact same boat. Akana played over 40

kimdaddy35

2:39pm

Comparing a QB sitting early and a DE sitting early is a bad comparison.

RealTaysomHill

2:39pm

The point is the same. If Akana had transferred to Alabama what would he be

Socrates Johnson

2:41pm

What evidence? Kam Dewberry was a 4* prospect, then transferred to Alabama as a 3*

RealTaysomHill

2:53pm

I just looked at a few more. Here are other examples of guys who transferred to Bama/UGA/Texas but are rated lower as

RealTaysomHill

3:06pm

Well that’s one guy. Not very compelling compared to all the guys

BYU '80

3:06pm

That says more about the schools in the Big 12 than it does the recruiting rankings

RealTaysomHill

3:19pm

I don’t starters at big12 schools leave all the time for the sec

BYU '80

3:24pm

Performance and NIL are the same. The big schools aren't paying big NIL money to guys who aren't good.

RealTaysomHill

3:38pm

Of course guys are transferring from Oklahoma State. They're also leaving Utah

Schultz is back

4:05pm

247 and the other recruiting sites do it all the time. How else do they get

LeGrandBleu

2:54pm

RE: Comparing a QB sitting early and a DE sitting early is a bad comparison.

kimdaddy35

3:03pm

Except it doesn't work the other way. Tanuvasa for example. Which indicates the

Socrates Johnson

2:41pm

Tanuvasa is a really good get, but what about his production makes you say he's

Scratch

2:26pm

Where did you get his view from? Would love to see if for BYU.

Captain Stubing

2:31pm

Yeah, he’s terrible in coverage and that’s critical for a DT.

Ron Mexico

2:32pm

Maybe he’s not a 5 star but he’s easily a 4 star. Dude had offers from Michigan

puntersarepeople

2:36pm

He's not a five star.

JuicyJam

2:43pm

there is no stat that shows he clogs up two blockers and frees up team mates

fulano

3:07pm

Right on cue the Yewt arrives to impart his wisdom. Go away.

mendoncoug

3:47pm

I have heard before the worst way to rate a DT is off stats. They was they can

Baseball77

2:34pm

KT has pretty pedestrian stats. I don't think his value is really measured by stats, but if are one of the guys at 247

shimmy

2:35pm

Watch Jeff Hansen’s video about this on YouTube. It’s not a conspiracy,

Stopper6700

2:35pm

So you are telling me 247 rates players based on how long they have been out of high school?

kimdaddy35

2:44pm

They probably flip-flop between rating potential or production depending on

Mitty

2:41pm

Tanuvasa is really solid, he was a HUGE loss for Utah, but he is

neboutefan

3:00pm

Honestly I really don't care how they are ranking us or players we get. As

HonestTakes

3:14pm

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